Sen. Jean Leising, R-Oldenburg, continues the fight to place cursive writing back into the curriculum after the Indiana Department of Education made cursive optional in 2011.

Legislation that drastically simplifies the Bureau of Motor Vehicles' complex registration and fee system received positive feedback in Wednesday's initial House committee hearing.

In April, the General Assembly allocated $84 million - taken from the Tax Amnesty program - to award $42 million each to two regions as part of their Regional Cities Initiative. But the Indiana Economic Development Corporation and Gov. Mike Pence instead chose three winners.

Initial estimates show that Marion County would receive $49 million, the second largest amount out of the 92 counties. Hamilton County is estimated to receive the largest amount, $56.4 million.

With his yearly State of the State address approaching, Gov. Mike Pence says Hoosiers will soon know his position.

Senate Republicans will push this session to make it easier for prosecutors to try to convict people as drug dealers.

House Bill 1057 focuses on improving the lives of homeless Indiana National Guard veterans who do not current qualify for federal benefits. These veterans were placed on active duty service, but did not meet the required length of service to qualify for federal assistance.

As the 2016 legislative session begins, lawmakers are taking aim at the problem. Two bills will be proposed in hopes of putting an end to meth labs in the state -- one empowers pharmacists to turn away suspicious customers, the other makes drugs containing pseudoephedrine prescription-only.

The mayor's office was a little hectic late Monday morning. Locks on doors were being changed, new staffers asking for directions, several news cameras waited for interviews.

State and local road funding, harsher penalties for drug dealers, and holding schools harmless for a drop in ISTEP scores - those are some of the initiatives Gov. Mike Pence says will be part of his legislative agenda for the upcoming session.